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I'm Glad That As A 33-year-old Working Mother, I Can Still Choose To Wear A Hello Kitty T-shirt Or Stay Up Late Scrolling Through The Twitter Feed Of My Junior-high Crush.

Gas Attendant: "thata Ain't No Etch-a-sketch. Thats One Doodle That Can't Be Un-did Home Skillet.

I Know Most People Don't Like To Be Around Teenagers But I Do. I'm One Of The Only People I Can Think Of Who Can't Wait For My Kid To Be A Teenager. I Think Being A Teenager Is One Of The Most Wonderful Things In The World. I Really Enjoyed It - Just This Heightened Emotional State Where Everything Is Beautiful And Everything Is New And You're Convinced That You're Really Going To Break The Mould And Be Different From Your Parents. And The Best Part Is That You Have So Much More Time That You Didn't Have As A Child.

The Attitude Toward Women In This Industry Is Nauseating. There Are All Sorts Of Porcine Executives Who Are Uncomfortable With A Woman Doing Anything Subversive. They Want The Movie About The Beautiful Girl Who Trips And Falls, The Adorable Klutz.

For Me, Stripping Was An Unusual Kind Of Escape. I Had Nothing To Escape But Privilege, But I Claimed Asylum Anyway. At Twenty-four, It Was My Last Chance To Reject Something And Become Nothing. I Wanted To Terrify Myself. Mission Accomplished.